{"id":1266,"date":"2020-06-05T14:38:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.centri.univr.it\/invite\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2020-06-05T14:39:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:39:10","slug":"mulubirhan-assefa-alemayohu-awarded-by-the-american-society-for-nutrition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.centri.univr.it\/invite\/2020\/06\/05\/mulubirhan-assefa-alemayohu-awarded-by-the-american-society-for-nutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulubirhan Assefa Alemayohu awarded by the American Society for Nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mulubirhan Assefa Alemayohu<\/a>, INVITE PHD candidate in the PhD Programme Applied Sciences of Life and Health, has been named an Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Finalist, <\/strong>a program of the American Society for Nutrition to recognize the highest quality research presented by students and young investigators at NUTRITION 2020 LIVE ONLINE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Society for Nutrition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The American Society for Nutrition (ASN)<\/a> is the preeminent professional organization for nutrition research scientists and clinicians around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 1928, the society brings together the top nutrition researchers, medical practitioners, policy makers and industry leaders to advance our knowledge and application of nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASN publishes four peer-reviewed journals and provides education and professional development opportunities to advance nutrition research, practice and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nutrition is one of the major events organised by ASN. The 2020 edition was scheduled in to begin May 30 in Seattle, but it has been cancelled due to the impacts of COVID-19. Nonetheless, ASN Foundation and its partners have organised a bread-new online event: Nutrition 2020 Live Online<\/a>, which took place on June 1 \u2013 4, 2020.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

More than 1,000 abstracts were submitted by students and postdoctoral fellows and the Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science <\/strong>program aims to recognize the top 15% highest scoring abstracts as finalists.  Abstracts were rated by more than 500 nutrition scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough this activity, the American Society for Nutrition celebrates the achievements of our rising stars,\u201d stated Richard Mattes, PhD, MPH, RD, President, American Society for Nutrition. \u201cThe Society looks forward to watching their future contributions to advance our understanding of nutrition science and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full list of Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Finalists is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A study on flavonoids in food composition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mulubirhan Assefa Alemayohu has received this recognition for the abstract Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods \u2013 A Comparison of Four International Composition Tables<\/a>, co-authored together with Elisabetta Zanolin, Lucia Cazzoletti, Liliya Chamitava, Veronica Mattioli (all from the University of Verona), Jenny Plumb (Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich, UK), Peter GJ Burney (Imperial College London, UK), Vanessa Garcia-Larsen (The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mulubirhan is doing his doctoral research\u00a0within\u00a0a multi-national survey\u00a0Burden of Lung Disease (BOLD) study,\u00a0aimed at the understanding of chronic lung disease from a population perspective. The study presented by Mulubirhan\u00a0investigated the variations in the content of flavonoids of foods\u00a0included in BOLD\u2019s food frequency questionnaire and their\u00a0comparability, using four international food composition tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flavonoids are a large class of bioactive compounds produced by plants and widely found in plant-based foods. They are very interesting for their properties: indeed, they are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antitumor, anti-allergic, antiproliferative, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-mutagenic. Therefore, flavonoids could play an important role in the treatment of chronic lung disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n